Revisiting the question of the Russian Arctic policy making

The author discusses the main stages and key documents that have established the Russian Arctic zone as an independent object of the state policy and analyses current issues of the Russian Arctic policy making. It was decided to avoid the clear separation of stages in the policy making process due to the fact that it was not possible to determine the equivalent differentiation criteria. The chosen approach has allowed to achieve certain goals and to draw conclusions about the dynamics of the Russian Arctic policy making, its key points, the meaning and significance of adopted legal acts.